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Alliance for Zero Extinction editor's pick
http://www.zeroextinction.org/
(1 vote)
a global initiative of biodiversity conservation organizations, aims to prevent extinctions by identifying and safeguarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing
Added: Dec. 17, 2005 | Rate It
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew editor's pick
seeks to enable better management of the Earth's environment by increasing knowledge and understanding of the plant and fungal kingdoms - the basis of life on Earth
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It
Biomimicry Institute new
http://www.biomimicryinstitute.org/
purpose is to support a global community of people who are learning from nature to create a healthier, more sustainable planet
Added: May. 30, 2009 | Rate It
Biodiversity and Worldmap -- The Natural History Museum popular
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/worldmap/
(2 votes)
develops and applies methods to measure the variety of nature and select priority areas for conservation at many spatial scales
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Amazonia
http://www.amazonia.org/index.en.htm
(1 vote)
research in sustainable development, biodiversity, conservation, ecology, and permaculture in the Xixua -Xiparinã Reserve, the Jauaperí Region and Amazonia in general
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science
http://science.conservation.org/portal/server.pt
a research program of Conservation International that seeks to accurately identify and quickly respond to emerging biological diversity threats
Added: Jul. 29, 2001 | Rate It
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation -- American Museum of Natural Hist
mission is to mitigate critical threats to global biological and cultural diversity
Added: Feb. 04, 2001 | Rate It
Missouri Botanical Garden
(1 vote)
seeks to discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment, in order to preserve and enrich life
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It
New Zealand Journal of Ecology updated
http://www.newzealandecology.org/nzje/
a biannual peer-reviewed journal publishing ecological research relevant to New Zealand/Aotearoa and the South Pacific, with the full-text of over 50 years of back issues
Added: Mar. 21, 2008 | Rate It
Poverty Reduction and Biodiversity Conservation: The Complex Role for Intensifying Agriculture
http://assets.panda.org/downloads/mellor.pdf
report by WWF which explores the impacts of agricultural practices on the environment and biodiversity conservation (pdf)
Added: Feb. 01, 2003 | Rate It
Scientific Facts on Biodiversity updated
http://www.greenfacts.org/en/biodiversity/
(3 votes)
Greenfacts provides information at three levels of detail regarding what factors are responsible for the rapid loss of biodiversity, and what would need to be done to significantly slow this trend
Added: Mar. 17, 2008 | Rate It
Tree of Life, The
http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html
a collaborative Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It
